Newsletter 3 Evolution continues........

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Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.”
―Malcolm X



Dear Parents and Students of Grade 4

We have continued our work on Animals with a focus on Evolution
To date:

  • We have completed activities reinforcing evolution of fictional Uber Fuzzies over one million years using simulation software to:
    • Document the Uber Fuzzies original range of physical traits used to meet their needs.
    • Identify changes to the environment that effected the Uber Fuzzies over one million years
    • Document the changes to Uber Fuzzies traits over time to meet their new needs in a constantly changing world.
  • Students should have a working definition of the terms: Basic Needs, Adaptations, Learned Behavior, Instinctive Behavior, Genes/Genetics, Purebred, Hybrid, Evolution, and Mutation.
  • Student are applying this information in the study of the theory of Bird Evolution from Dinosaurs of the past.


Feel free to contact me a pthomas2@bostonpublicschools.org if you have any questions. Please identify your child using first and last name as well as classroom so I can reference parent primary language in my records if I need to do translations to assist you.

I hope to hear from you.

Patrick M Thomas.